Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 277 When the Assassin's Curtain Falls

The rooftop of a commercial building.

The helipad lit up with beams of light, and the helicopter rotors in the middle created a huge whistling sound.

As a burst of rapid gunfire rang out downstairs, Christine, transformed beyond recognition, suddenly rushed onto the rooftop.

Unlike her previous delicate and gentle appearance, she looked exceptionally fierce after revealing her true form. Her exposed arms and legs clearly showed muscle veins, making her look like a female warrior.

"Those guys didn't show up, but some troublesome ones did."

Pramia was extremely annoyed.

She had no idea where she had slipped up; she had been careful enough, yet those damned police officers came straight at her.

"But it doesn't matter anymore, everyone who knows my identity will die."

Pramia pulled the chain to secure the rooftop iron gate, sneered, and walked towards the helicopter with its whirring propellers against the cold wind.

"We've come at the right time. Those guys should be nearby too. Even if they react now, they definitely won't be able to escape."

"Boom!"

A loud crash echoed from the rooftop gate behind him, but Pramia paid it no mind. He took out his phone in one hand and aimed his gun at the helicopter pilot in the other.

"Thank you for your hard work, get down!"

The cabin door opened early, and the pilot, with his head slightly lowered, slowly raised his hands. Pramia, who was feeling smug, suddenly changed his expression and saw the familiar collar bomb between the pilot's raised collar.

"what?"

"boom!"

The driver reacted quickly, kicking the phone away as he faced the woman who was right in front of him, and at the same time shoving Pramia hard on the right shoulder.

"what--!"

The immense impact not only caused the Pramia pistol to slip from his hand, but also dislocated his arm joints.

A painful scream echoed from the rooftop.

"Damn it! You bastard..."

Pramia rolled several times on the spot, clutching his dislocated right arm, and while enduring the pain to put it back in place, he looked at the driver in shock and anger, only to find that a gun was already pointed at his head.

"Fanggu Zero?!"

Upon seeing the driver who had removed his disguise, Pramia's pupils contracted sharply, and his expression turned extremely grim.

"How will you be here?"

"Isn't this what you wanted?"

Rei Furuya looked at the damaged phone beside him and felt a little relieved.

"Raise your hand!"

“I don’t quite understand,” Pramia said, raising her hands as if resigned, staring intently at Rei Furuya. “Why do you know who I am?”

"Actually, I was also surprised. I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. I originally just planned to let him find out your plan... You're just unlucky."

Rei Furuya stepped forward and picked up the damaged phone.

“With him around, your plan has no secrets. It’s not just about revenge against us; it’s also impossible to achieve your goal of eliminating that civilian organization.”

"he?"

"Don't bother asking about my detective friend. Your life is over anyway."

"Haha, it must be Kogoro Mouri or that Kindaichi, right? I'm really unlucky," Pramia laughed bitterly, reaching for her hair bun at the back of her head in a surrender-like manner. "Actually, I wanted to kill you and that other guy named Morofushi even more, but that person never showed up in the end, and you went into hiding again..."

"He must be dead, that Morofushi. How laughable. Of all the people I wanted revenge on, you're the only one left. Even the Grim Reaper probably wanted to leave one for me."

"boom!"

"Mr. Fangtani!"

The iron gate to the rooftop was finally broken open, and Yuya Kazami led his team to the scene. He was overjoyed to see that Rei Furuya was safe and sound.

However, Furuya Rei, who had been on guard against Pramia, suddenly changed his expression.

This female assassin even hid a hand grenade in her hair.

"careful!"

"boom!"

Pramia dodged Furuya Rei's shot like a ghost, simultaneously releasing a grenade that flew towards Kazami Yuya amidst Furuya Rei's shout.

Ignoring the Pramia, Furuya Rei hurriedly lay down, quickly aimed, and fired a shot that sent the grenade flying into the air.

"Dodge!"

"boom--!"

A loud explosion echoed across the rooftop, as if bringing Rei Furuya back to three years ago.

It was the same three years ago. Excluding Matsuda, who was in charge of defusing the bomb, none of the three of them could kill this guy.

Goodbye, Rei Furuya!

Pramia climbed smugly onto the helicopter, untied the small bag on his leg straps, and took out a cell phone.

"How could I not prepare a backup for something so important? I'll use that collar bomb to send you to your death first! Hahaha!"

"what?"

Rei Furuya's gaze narrowed again, and he could only watch helplessly as Pramia grinned and activated the bomb.

However, the expected death did not occur. Despite receiving a signal and beeping, the two liquids inside the collar bomb did not react at all.

"This is……"

"How is this possible?" Pramia pressed the detonation switch repeatedly in astonishment. The red alarm pop-up was blinding, but the collar bomb remained motionless.

Rei Furuya stood frozen in place, the image of Gao Mo touching the collar bomb flashing through his mind.

Is it Kindaichi?

Without much thought, Furuya Rei quickly aimed at the taking-off helicopter and fired several shots.

One of the bullets appeared to hit the control panel, and the suspended helicopter suddenly lost its balance. Amid Pramia's angry shouts, it slid sideways and was about to fall off the rooftop. Even the cabin door was knocked off by the impact.

"Rei Furuya!!" Pramia's eyes seemed to want to devour someone as she desperately tried to stabilize the helicopter.

How could I possibly let you escape again?

With a brief running start, Furuya leaped up at the same moment the helicopter glided off the rooftop helipad, successfully grabbing the landing gear and jumping into the cabin.

"Death isn't leaving me to you; it wants me to take you by my own hands!"

"madman!"

In the cramped cabin, Pramia engaged in a fierce battle with Rei Furuya, having no chance to control the helicopter. The already out-of-control helicopter came to a stop in mid-air, spinning and plummeting.

"Are you out of your mind?! You're still bothering me at a time like this!"

"What does my life matter if I can keep you here?"

Rei Furuya's hat was blown off by the wind, his blond hair stood on end, and his bronze face showed no fear. Even after being punched by Pramia, he still had a smile on his face.

Let's put an end to what happened three years ago!

"I hate men who are persistent and clingy!"

As Pramia parried and attacked simultaneously, just as she was about to finish off Furuya Rei, the out-of-control helicopter's tail suddenly crashed into a building. The fuselage shook violently, and both of them fell out of the cabin at the same time.

"boom!"

The ground level is the Shibuya Central Crossing, above the underground reservoir, the final point where the two types of liquid bombs converge.

As helicopter debris fell, tourists who were initially curious about what was happening fled in droves, and the well-prepared police and officers took the opportunity to evacuate the area.

Please leave Shibuya as soon as possible!

"It might be a terrorist attack, hurry!"

"Go this way!"

Yumi, a student in the traffic department, stared fearfully at the pumpkin lanterns overhead. The police car was parked on the side of the road and could not move, so she had to get out and shout to guide the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, the once bustling street was deserted.

Meanwhile, Megure and his group also found Elena and the others who had lost their ability to move.

"Everyone, let's get out of here first!"

"What happened?"

Elena looked in surprise at the helicopter billowing smoke in mid-air, and vaguely saw two figures still fighting on it.

"Who is targeting Pramia!"

"Let go!" Pramia gripped the cabin seat tightly to prevent being thrown out, but his thigh was held firmly by Rei Furuya, who was like an unkillable cockroach, and no matter how he kicked back, he couldn't make him let go.

"Let me go, you bastard!"

“Let’s die together, Pramia,” Furuya Rei grinned. “Your plot won’t succeed, what a pity! Ahahaha!”

Pramia's pupils dilated as he stared in shock and rage at the approaching ground, letting out a furious roar of resentment.

"boom--!"

With a deafening explosion, the crashing helicopter shattered into countless fragments and burst into flames.

Rei Furuya finally let go at the last moment, using centrifugal force to fling him away and roll several times on the ground. However, the violent impact still almost made him faint, and a shard hit him directly in the face.

"That should fix things, right?"

Rei Furuya clutched the bleeding wound on his forehead, his consciousness gradually fading. Just before he could completely relax, he heard footsteps beside him.

The tourists at the intersection should have all left; there should be no one there anymore.

Is it...

Rei Furuya's expression changed again.

"You guy!"

Pramia swayed, her hair disheveled, as she passed through the thick smoke, her face covered in blood, looking like a demon crawling out of hell, with a blade-like piece of helicopter debris held high in her hand.

"My entire plan has fallen apart because of someone like you!"

As the pumpkin lanterns that exploded one after another in the surrounding streets, releasing liquid bombs, Pramia was filled with despair and anger, her breathing like a broken bellows.

Instead of killing her target, she herself is going to die here.

Once the liquid bomb program is activated, people in the central area will have absolutely no way to escape the blast radius on foot, and the only escape route, the helicopter, will also be destroyed.

"Damn it, Rei Furuya! Die!!"

"boom!"

Gao Mo delivered a karate chop to the back of Pramia's head, abruptly stopping the woman's screaming sprint. She collapsed with a thud in front of Furuya Rei.

"Kindaichi?" Furuya Rei opened his eyes vaguely and looked weakly at Gao Mo standing next to Pramia. In a daze, he seemed to see his friend from 3 years ago.

He was pulled back from the brink of death once again.

only……

Rei Furuya, enduring the pain, propped himself up and looked at the nearby street with a wry smile.

The two explosive liquids have begun to converge at the intersection.

Shibuya is finished.

"Get out of here quickly," Gao Mo reached out and pulled Furuya Rei up. "I'll handle things here."

"deal with?"

Furuya Rei touched the bomb collar around his neck with doubt, only to find that the collar had come loose and he could easily pull it off.

"Was this bomb... yours...?"

"Your identity shouldn't be exposed, right?" Gao Mo pointed to Megure and the others who were arriving at the other intersection.

"Who are you?"

Before turning to leave, Furuya Rei hesitated and glanced at Gao Mo, as if there was an even deeper layer of mist separating them.

"Why would someone like you work at Mr. Kido's office?"

"Isn't it the same for you?"

Gao Mo ignored Furuya Rei, picked up the unconscious Pramia, and headed towards Megure and Elena's group.

This female assassin was not dressed in many clothes, but she still had a lot of things hidden inside. Some of them were not taken out during her fight with Furuya Rei, but they would become deadly weapons at the crucial moment.

Gao Mo's eyes flashed, and he removed everything from her, including her seemingly harmless bra.

Top assassin...

If you're going to be an assassin, just be an assassin. Why be so high-profile?
If it were him, he would rather spend more time than carry out such a massive plan.

The more you plan, the easier it is to expose flaws, not to mention that this guy has personally gotten involved.

"Kkindaichi!"

Megure, clutching his hat, rushed to the intersection, glanced at the burning helicopter wreckage, and then anxiously turned to the liquid bombs flowing through the surrounding streets.

"What do we do now? There's too little time, and many people haven't had time to evacuate, and..."

"You were the one who fought Pramia just now?" Elena stared incredulously at Gomer, who was holding Pramia.

Despite knowing Gao Mo's amazing skills, the scene before my eyes still felt like a dream.

After years of investigation, Pramiya, which had instilled deep fear in police forces around the world, is now like a dead dog or a broken rag doll, showing no trace of its terrifying power.

Gao Mo glanced at Furuya Rei, who had met up with Kazami Yu in the corner, ignored Elena's question, and turned to Megure, saying, "Let's leave here first. The Public Security Bureau should have a solution."

“This is the only way,” Inspector Megure said gravely. “Let’s go to the station first; maybe we can make it in time.”

“Take this one with you,” Gomer handed Pramia to Megure. “Be careful. Even now, she’ll still be in danger when she wakes up.”

"Aren't you coming with us?"

"I have other things to do."

Gao Mo remained where he was, amidst the half-believing, half-doubting gaze of Mu Mu.

At this point, all the pumpkin lanterns had broken, and the two liquids flowed towards the center like a tide.

Just as Megure and his companions disappeared into the station, the helpers Gao Mo had found finally appeared at the intersection.

Her exposed figure is both dangerous and alluring.

"Honestly, why did I have to come here to help?"

Koizumi Akako, wand in hand, walked over to Gao Mo with a grumbling expression, her gaze filled with curiosity.

"Who are you? And why do you know about red magic?"

"How would I know? Just leave it to me."

Gao Mo glanced at Koizumi Akako a few more times.

This is the first time I've seen this outfit.

My only impression of this woman before was that she was a money-bringing girl.

"You don't want your witch identity to be exposed, do you? Besides, saving Shibuya won't do you any harm."

"There's no benefit to it either."

Koizumi Akako muttered to herself.

From a witch's perspective, the more dead people the better, and with good luck, she can collect quite a few souls.

But she sensed that the person in front of her was dangerous, even more terrifying than Hades, the god of death.

Because this guy is right in front of her, she could really kill him.

Even the red magic that I'm so proud of has no effect on this guy; he's practically a natural witch nemesis.

"O ominous spirits wandering the demonic path of the underworld, obey the blood-red covenant..."

Koizumi Akako resignedly raised her wand, and a red light quickly spread from the crossroads to the two flowing liquids.

"call!"

A cold wind blew by, and frost gradually appeared on the ground, freezing the liquid with a crackling sound even before it got close.

Although the area was not very large, it still successfully prevented the explosive liquid from continuing to merge. Even when the liquid piled up later, it could not break through the red light and was completely frozen.

A strange light flashed in Gao Mo's eyes.

The Red Magic can actually achieve this level of skill.

He seems to have underestimated Koizumi Akako; no wonder she acted so confidently and nonchalantly.

"Hmph," Koizumi Akako proudly raised her head, "I am the only witch in this world, the true heir to the red magic! Now you know how powerful I am, right? Oh ho ho ho!"

Damn it, we've lost out big time!

Koizumi Akako felt a pang of heartache, her back to Gao Mo, her teeth clenched tightly.

The evil spirits that had been painstakingly replenished were completely drained again.

It would be best if I never saw that damned detective again.

(End of this chapter)